
Learning-Based Trading Strategies in the Face of Market Manipulation
X Wang, C Hoang, and MP Wellman
ACM International Conference on AI and Finance, October 2020.
Abstract
We study learning-based trading strategies in markets where prices can be manipulated through spoofing: the practice of submitting spurious…

Economic reasoning from simulation-based game models
MP Wellman
Œconomia, 10(2):257–278, 2020.
Abstract
Simulation modeling in economics has historically been viewed as an alternative to mainstream analytic technique, and as such has generally and intentionally avoided the focus on rational…

Empirical game-theoretic methods for adaptive cyber-defense
MP Wellman, TH Nguyen, and M Wright
in S Jajodia et al. (Eds.): Adversarial and Uncertain Reasoning for Adaptive Cyber Defense, LNCS 11830, pages 112–128, 2019.
Abstract
Game-theoretic applications in cyber-security are often restricted…

Market manipulation: An adversarial learning framework for detection and evasion
X Wang and MP Wellman
29th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Special Track on AI in FinTech, pages 4626–4632, 2020.
Abstract
We propose an adversarial learning framework to capture the evolving game between a regulator…

Generating Stock Market Data
CSE news item on our AAAI-20 paper, describing a GAN model for financial market order streams.

Generating realistic stock market order streams
J Li, X Wang, Y Lin, A Sinha, and MP Wellman
34th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pages 727-734, Feb 2020.
Abstract
We propose an approach to generate realistic and high-fidelity stock market data based on generative adversarial…

Structure learning for approximate solution of many-player games
Z Li and MP Wellman
34th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pages 2119-2127, Feb 2020.
Abstract
Games with many players are difficult to solve or even specify without adopting structural assumptions that enable representation in…


Cap-and-trade emissions regulation: A strategic analysis
F Cheng , Y Engel, and MP Wellman
Proceedings of the 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pages 187–193, August 2019.
Abstract
Cap-and-trade schemes are designed to achieve target levels of regulated emissions…

Probably almost-stable strategy profiles in simulation-based games
M Wright and MP Wellman
AAMAS-19 Workshop on Games, Agents and Incentives, May 2019.
Abstract
Empirical studies of strategic settings commonly model player interactions under supposed game-theoretic equilibrium behavior, to predict what…